The Onassis Cultural Center sponsors Birds: A Festival Inspired by Aristophanes at EarthFest at the American Museum of Natural History NYC Sunday, April 22, 9am – 8pm

Birds in books, birds in song, birds in flight all day long. Celebrate Earth Day with us for the opening of — Birds: A Festival Inspired by Aristophanes

EarthFest at the American Museum of Natural History

An Earth Day Celebration

Sunday, April 22, 9am – 8pm

FREE with museum admission; registration recommended for some programs 

Off-Site

American Museum of Natural History

Central Park West and 79th Street

New York, NY 

In a daylong celebration for all ages, revel in the splendor of birds with concerts, philosophical bird walks, arts and crafts, and children’s literature.. 

The specially created Bird Zone offers drop-in family programs and music from French composer and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue of Birds, played in live excerpts by various solo pianists throughout the day in the Hall of North American Forests. 

In the evening, solo pianist Taka Kigawa performs select movements from Messiaen’s 13-part composition, which evoke specific bird songs.

Following the concert, philosopher Simon Critchley and Paul Sweet, the museum’s beloved ornithologist, will discuss the philosophical implications of flight. 

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LAST CHANCE to see the bold and colorful Black Frames painting before it comes down September 5.  Grano Café is offering complimentary coffee or tea to visitors who come to see Jannis Varelas’ large-scale work from Monday, September 28 through Tuesday, September 5. This artwork was specially commissioned in conjunction with the exhibition A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC - 200 AD. LOCATION: Olympic Tower Atrium, 645 Fifth Avenue, Entrances on 51st and 52nd Streets VIEWING HOURS: Mon-Sun, 8 am–10 pm  LAST DAY: Tue, Sep 5 until 5 pm  FREE COFFEE OR TEA FROM GRANO CAFÉ: Mon-Fri, 7 am–5:30 pm Say you have come to see the art and you will receive complimentary coffee or tea. #fineartmagazine

The Onassis Festival NY 2016—Antigone Now/ on view at the Onassis Cultural Center New York. The gallery works can be seen until December 15,

Contemporary Art On View Laboratory Antigone, by Maria Papadimitriou, 2016 The Onassis Festival NY 2016—Antigone Now—offered occasion to commission artworks from three international artists now on view at the Onassis Cultural Center New York. The gallery works can be seen until December 15, and the Art Wall in the atrium is on view until January. Admission is free. Laboratory Antigone - Maria Papadimitriou created a site-specific art installation, on view in the Gallery. The multifaceted work is described by the artist as a preamble to the tragedy that plays out in Sophocles' Antigone. We, Antigone - This 35-minute film by Stefanos Tsivopoulos combines visually poetic images and stirring interviews with its subject, 25-year-old Rakeem Edwards. The film is on view in the Gallery. Repoussoir for a new perspective - For the Art Wall in the Olympic Tower Atrium, Alexandra Kehayoglou created a hand-woven tapestry using tufted wool that forms a rugged landscape. For artists' statements and background, please visit—onassisusa.org GALLERY HOURS Thursday - Saturday  12 PM - 6 PM Through December 15 ATRIUM HOURS Daily  8 AM - 10 PM Through January 2017 Onassis Cultural Center New York, Olympic Tower, 645 Fifth Avenue at 51st Street #fineartmagazine

OK For you Mythology mavens: Narcissus Now Festival Reimagining the Myth through Artists' Eyes till Oct 12th

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